{"id":74805,"date":"2025-08-08T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74805"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:13:50","slug":"update-braves-could-have-the-worst-reason-for-not-cleaning-house-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74805","title":{"rendered":"Update!! Braves could have the worst reason for not cleaning house this offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-black font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">Atlanta is in much too dire a spot to start worrying about decorum.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"San Francisco Giants v Atlanta Braves\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_122,w_7308,h_4110\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01k22w756e2kjexh3m9q.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Giants v Atlanta Braves\" width=\"7308\" height=\"4110\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">San Francisco Giants v Atlanta Braves | Kevin D. Liles\/Atlanta Braves\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Just about everything has gone wrong for the\u00a0Atlanta Braves\u00a0this season. The rotation has been ravaged by injuries. The bullpen quickly collapsed from offseason neglect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">And the lineup has profoundly underachieved its talent level, blowing opportunity after opportunity and prompting some difficult questions about players that were once thought to be foundations for the future.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">A team that once seemed as well-positioned for sustainable success as any in the Majors is now at a dangerous inflection point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If any season demanded a hard reset, a total house-cleaning, it&#8217;s this one. And yet, it seems like Atlanta might avoid doing just that &#8230; for the most Braves reason imaginable.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Athletic&#8217;s David O&#8217;Brien begins his latest article on what&#8217;s gone wrong in Atlanta with a sentence that should send a chill up every Braves fan&#8217;s spine: &#8220;<strong>Assuming the Braves bring back hitting coach Tim Hyers next season, since firing the hitting coach in consecutive years wouldn\u2019t reflect well on organizational stability<\/strong>, there will be plenty of work to do in terms of changing many players\u2019 approach to situational hitting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">I&#8217;m sorry, what? The Braves, despite returning every major piece from what has been one of the best offenses in baseball in recent years, regressed across the board this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">And they&#8217;re not going to do anything about the one different ingredient, the coach in charge of hitting, because &#8230; they&#8217;re worried about appearances?<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">For decades, Atlanta&#8217;s commitment to stability has been an asset rather than a liability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This, though, would be beyond the pale.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves need a hard reset, no matter how it looks from the outside<\/h2>\n<p>For a decade, Kevin Seitzer thrived as Braves hitting coach, stewarding the development of players like Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II.<\/p>\n<p>But he left this past winter to accept the same role with the\u00a0Seattle Mariners, a change that in hindsight felt like a bad omen.<em> (It&#8217;s probably not a coincidence that the Mariners are in the midst of a resurgent season.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In his place, Atlanta\u00a0tapped Hyers, most recently the hitting coach for the\u00a0Texas Rangers\u00a0\u2014 a team that, it should be noted, ranked a whopping 27th in team OPS last season.<\/p>\n<p><em> (Granted, they dealt with several significant injuries after their 2023 World Series run, but still.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The results have been\u00a0downright dreadful: Atlanta currently sits 21st in team OPS, with Harris and Albies cratering and Riley taking a significant step back.<\/p>\n<p>The only Braves regular who has exceeded expectations this season is rookie catcher Drake Baldwin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">At this point, it feels pretty clear that whatever Hyers has been preaching simply hasn&#8217;t worked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Atlanta has far too much talent to be hitting like this, and if they want to resuscitate the careers of guys like Albies and Harris, a new voice is needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\"><strong> But of course, change is not exactly in the Braves&#8217; DNA:<\/strong> This is a franchise that has been arguably baseball&#8217;s most stable, dating back to the John Schuerholz days. They believe in their guys, and they don&#8217;t want to devolve into chaos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">All of which is understandable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">But at this point, they risk falling into the sunk-cost fallacy, making another bad decision because they don&#8217;t want to admit their first one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">No amount of wish-casting will make Hyers any better for this roster; the situation is what it is, and the Braves&#8217; only priority now should be acting quickly enough to remedy it before things get any worse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta is in much too dire a spot to start worrying about decorum. San Francisco Giants v Atlanta Braves | Kevin D. 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